Over the past twenty years, tens of thousands of domestic workers—migrant women of diverse ethnonational, linguistic, educational and religious backgrounds—have converted to Islam in the Greater Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf (Gulf) region. Among the region’s vast population of nonciti..
Attiya Ahmad
Attiya Ahmad is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at the George Washington University (Washington, DC, USA). Broadly conceived, her research focuses on the gendered interrelation of Islamic reform movements and political economic processes spanning South Asia and the Middle East, in particular the greater Arabian Peninsula/Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean regions. Dr. Ahmad is currently working on a project focusing on the development of transnational halal tourism networks. She has held several fellowships and grants, including the ACLS/LUCE fellowship in Religion, Journalism and International Affairs, Stanford Humanities Center Residential Fellowship, and the National Science Foundation Cultural Anthropology Senior Research Grant.